PROFESSIONAL CARDS. T E. WALLEIt, U' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, omce over 1st. National Bank. Dl00m""f. ra ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. moa In Ent'a tlulldlncr. Uloomboo, Pa, J OIIN M. OLAltK, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AND JU3TIOE OF THE I'EAOE, UtOOKSICRO, Pi, o.llc over Moyer Bros. Drugstore. p W AIILLEB, ATTOIlNBY-AT-LAW, Offlcelo Brower's bulldlnff.BCtond noor.room No. I lilooinsburg, ra. I FRANK Zim, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Bloomsburg, Pa, o mce comer ol cetitti ua aln Mitctt.ciarl 4 uuuaiog. Can be consulted In German. Gr "1EO. E. EIAYELLi ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, IirooMSnoitO, I'a. Offlco on First tloor,. front room of Cot, DMMAN Uulkllni;, Alain street, below Ex cbangc Hotel. pAUL E. WIHT, Attorney-at-Law. omce In Colombian bdildino, Koom No. 1, second noor. BLOOMSBURG, PA. H, V. WHITE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BLOOMSBURQ.PA. Office lu Brewers' Building, 2nd floor, mayjl-tf R CNOKR. L. 8. WlHTIftSTIIM. KNORR & WINTERSTEEN, A ttornoy s-at-Law. unice lu 1st National Dank bulldtntr, second floor, nrst door to the left. Corner ot Main and Mark"! streets Uloomsburg, ra. t&J'entwnt and Bounties Collected. I II MAI'SE, ATTORNEY AT-LAW fflco In Maize's bulldJjf, over Blllmeycr's grocery. F. P. B1LLMEYER, (DISTRICT ATTORNEY.) . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. tHTOfllco over Dentlcr'a shoo store, Uloomsburg, Pa. apr-30.80. y. H. IUIAWN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. catawlss, Fa. Ufflce.cornorot Third and Main Streets. M ICUAEL F. EYERLY, Convayancer, Collector of Claime. AND LEGAL ADVICE IN TI1E;SETTLEMENT OF SSTATES, 4C. rOfllco In Dentler's building with P. P. Bill meyer, attorney-al-law, Iront 100ms, 2nd floor Uloomsburg, I'a. apr--6. y. S. SMITH, " ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Berwick, Pa. D H. nONOIUA. BOBBINS. Office and residence, West First street. Blooms- burg, Pa. novsosaiy. D It, J. II. MOO KC EYE, EAB AND THROAT, A SPECIALTY. PITTSTON, I A. Will be at Exchange Hotel, In IHcomsburg, every two weeks, on baturdiy, from 8:30 p. m. to 2 p.m April S3, May 7 and 21. novMM ly. TTR. J rTeVANS, M. D., Surgeon and ) rhyslclan. Offlce and residence, on Third Street. B. McKELVY, M. D.,Surgeon and Phj . slclan, north Bide Main street.beiow Market 1 L. FKtTZ, Attorney-at-Lw. Offic L Front room over Post Office, D R. J. 0. KUTTEB, PHYSICIAN SBUItOSON, Office, North Market street, Bloomsbure, I'a DR. WM. M. REBEH, Surgeon and Physician. Offlce corner ot Hock and Market treet. EXCHANGE HOTEL. W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR BL00HSBUS9, FA. 0PP08ITB OOUKT HOUSE. Large and convenient sample rooms. Hath room, hot and cold water; ana all modern conveniences. B. F. HARTMAH BirBXSIMTS TDl rOLLOWINQ AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES North American ot Philadelphia. Franklin, " Pennsylvania, " " York, of Pennsylvania. Uanover, ot N. Y. Sueens, of London, orth British, of London. Office on Market Stroot, No, 5, Bloomsbnrg. oct. s, 1- F IRE INSURANCE CHRISTIAN V. KNAPP, BLOOMSBU O.PA. MERCHANTS', OF NEWARK, N. J. 'LINTON, N.Y. PEOPLES' N. Y, ItUADINQ, PA. These u corporations are well seasoned by atje and fiki txstkd and have never yet bad a iobs settled by any court of law. Their assets are all Invested in solid sictmmas are liable to the hazard of kirk only. Losses pkomitlv and doniistlt adjusted and paid as soon as determined by Christian r. KNtrr, srKCIAL aoxmt and ADJCSTKR Blooxsbuko, Pa. The people of Columbia county should patron ize the agency where losses If any are settled and pall by one of ther own citizens. PROMPTNESS. EQUITY. FAIR DEALING. J7REAS BROWN'S INSURANCE ? AGENCY. Moyer's new building, Mala street, oomsburg, Pa. Btna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn r,078,ja ltoyal or Liverpool., , 13,500,000 Lancashire...... 10,000,000 Fire Association, Philadelphia 4,161,710 Phoenix, of London , 6,6,S70 London Lancashire, ot Kngland 1 ,T09,S7 Hartford of Hartford. .. 8,273,060 Sprlngtuid Fire and Marine 2,082,580 As the agencies are direct, policies are written or the insured without delay In the office at Uloomsburg. Oct. 28, '81. "y AINWRIGHT & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, Philadelphia, Pa. teas, syrups, coffee, suoait, molasses 111 CI, Bl'ICEe, UlOAItU SODA, ETC., XTO. N, E. Corner Second and Arch Sts. "Orders will receive prompt attention. H. HOUSE, DENTIST, I3loom8iiuro, Columbia County, Pa All styles ot work done In a superior manner, work warranted as represented. Tutu Extract id without Pain by the use of (las, and tree of charge w hen artificial teeth are Inserted, Ofllco In Barton's building, Main street, below Market, tlvo doors below Klelm'a drug store, tlrst lloor. Jobe open at all hourt during the ,dai Not is .ly pURBEIVS BARBER SHOP, Under Ezohango Hotel. TI10 Tonsorlal Art in oil iu branches. HOT AND COLD BATHS. Harrie 13. Pukskl, lynr25 Proprietor. J Z 3ITTENBENDEB, Prsrr!lor. 1 BEST FOR KEN AND "SOUTHS. FOR BOYS AND CHILDREN. A C. YATES & CO., SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STS. H. C. SLOAN & BRO., BLOOMSBURG, PA. Manufacturers of CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS SLEIQHS, PLATFORM WAGONS AC. First-class work always on hand. REPA 1R1NO NEA TLY DONh. Pricei reduced to luit the timet. BLOOMSBURG PLANING MILL :o. Thn tinrlArftirrnorl hnt. nn t.in mni. n nn Hallrnad tit rent innrt.iiDta nnnrfiMAf. pared to do all kinds ol work la his line. FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS.MOU..DINGS, FLOORING, Etc. lurnlsned at reasonable i rices. All lumber used la well seasoned and none bnt skilled workmen are employed. istimat.es fob buildings urnlshed on application. Plan and Bnecincw CIIARliGH KRDG, llloonisbtire:, Pa CLOTHIHG! CLOTHING! G. W. BERTSCH, THE MERCHANT TAILOR. -:o:- Qents9 Furnishing Coods Bats & Caps OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Suits made, to order at short notice and a fitalwajs guaranteed or no sale. Call and examine tlio largest and best selected stock of goods ever shown in Columbia county. 8toro next door to First National Bank, MAIN STREET, JBloonisburg Pa. ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES OP CAST CIt WROUGHT IKON. Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots and Public Grounds :o: The f ollowlne shows the rickot Gothic, one of the Beveral beautiful styles of Fence manufactured by the undersigned. iiW'MJ'M'l mmkd For Beauty and Durability they areunsurpass ed. 8et up by experienced hands and warranted to giro satisfaction. Prices and specimens of other de signs sent to any address. Address IHfi ME! BLOOMSBURG PA. May 4-tf ri WITHIN C. SHOKTLIDairt) ACADEMY, O TO" TOUNO MEN AND HOYS, MEDIA, PA. mil f mm I'hllailelnhla. Fixed nrlce covers every expense, even books, Ac. No extra charges. No Incidental expenses. No examination for ad mission. Twelve experienced teachers, all men. and all graduates. Special opportunities for apt students to advance rapidly. &pecUl drill for dull and backward boys, ratrona or students may be. lect any studies or chooso the regular Kngllsh, Sci entific, Business, Classical or civil Knglneerlng course, students ntted at .Media Academy are now In Harvard, Vale, l'rlnceton and ten other Colleges and polytechnic, schools. 10 students sentfo college in 183,15 In ism, 10 in IIM, 10 In 16s. A graduating class every ear In the com mercial department. A physical and Chemical laboratory, (lyinnaslum and Hall (Jronnd. 1600 vo b. added to library In 18tu. Physical apparatus doubled In 183. Media has seven churches and a temperance charter which prohibits the sale of all intoxicating drinks. Por new illustrated circular address the Principal and Proprietor. SW1T11IN O, HUUll l l.Iuuis, a. iu., (iiarvaru iiruuusic,; , Penn'K Aug.o,6,iy. 65 A1rlV and Board Ouaran JVlOIlLllteeit. :a Younir Men or Ladles In each county, and highest coininl.teloii paid (often f 150 a month. NEW HOOK already on WOMDERS In North and frouth America, at the Ice-Uound Poles, over the land-of the Midnight Sun, under the Knuuor, througn the Dark comment, among the Old Trmples of Inala, In the Plowery King domsof China and Japan, amid the ruins of Incas Aitecsand Zunl, within Canons, CUtf Buildings and Gardens of thedods on the Isles of the Sea, and in all pans oi me giuur. w niKraviuas. Low price. Quick tales, rend for circular. p. w . ZIEULKH li CO., TtO Chestnut St, Philadelphia, Pa. dco IT, SSt- tobemade. Cut thli out and returnto us, and wo will heud y.m free, boine thlsg of great value and Importance to vnu. that will start vou In buuluess which wl'l bring you in more money right away than anything elso in this world. Any one can do tho work and live at homo. Either sex; all ages, something new, lhat just coins money for all workers. We will start you; capital not needed. This Is one ot the genuine, Important chances ot a llfeilme. 1 hose who ire ambitious and enterpris ing win not delav. Orand ouiUt free. Aldrcss, Tkuk Co., Augusta Maine. det-6A,iy. 5,000 AGENTS WANTED I BOUBU5 QUICK I tosell JOE HOWAIJD'S BEECHER UVK OF Tnflnttplv thA mnnt. valiiahle because coming so closely from the family circle and hy a master hand engaged In a "Laborol Love." lilchly lllus-tratid-bteel portrait, etc. Will sell immensely. Millions went ims aiunuaru i-ueui iuo vieau-ei. Preacher and Orator of the age. Quick Is the wnrri. Tprntnrv in (rreat demand, bend forctr-i culara and 5V. for outllt to HUBBAIIU 111108. PUD8., rvs cneetnui tu, ruuaaeipua, ra. loiuyrt i The Appetite May lio Increased, tlio Digestive organs strengthened, ami tlio bowels regulated, by taking Aj-cr's rills. These rills are purely vogotnblo In their composition. They contnln neither cnlomcl nor any other dangoroiis drug, ntul mny ho taken with perfect safety by persons ot all nges. I was n preat sufferer from Dyspepsia and Constipation. I had no appetite, and was constantly aflllcted with Head acho and Dizziness. I consulted our family doctor, who proscrilied for me, at various times, without affording more than temporary relief. I finally com menced taking Aycr's nils, lu a short timo uiy digestion and nppetlto IMPROVED my bowels were regulated, and, by the time I II nlilied two boxes of tucso Pills my tendency to headaches had dliap rwiared, and I liecame strong anil well. Darius M. Logan, Wilmington, Del. I was troubled, for over a year, with Loss of Appetlto, and General Debility. I commenced talcing Ayer's Pills, anil, before finishing hall a box of tills medi cine, my appetite and strength were re stored. 0. O. Clark, Danbury, Conn. Aycr's Pills nro tlio best medicine known to mo for regulating tho bowels, and for all diseases caused by a disordered Stomach and Liver. I suffered for over three years with Headache, Indigestion, and Constipation. I bad no appetite, and was wek and nervous most of tho time. BY USING three boxes of Aycr's Pills, and at tho same timo dieting myself, I was com pletely cured. My digestive organs aro now In good order, nnd I nm in perfect health. 1. Lockwood, Topcka, lians. Aycr's Pills have benefited me wonder fully. For months I suffered from Indi gestion and Headarho, was restless at night, nnd had a bad tasto in my mouth every morning. After taking one box of Ayer's Pills, all these troubles dis appeared, my food digested well, and my sleep was refreshing. Henry C. nemmcuway, Itockport, Mass. I was cured of tho Piles by the use of Ayer's Pills. Thoy not only relieved mo of that painful disorder, bat give me in creased vigor, and restored my health. John Lazarus, St. John, N. U. Ayer's Pills, Prtptred by Dr. J. C. Ayer k Co., Lowell, Mm. Bold by ill Druggliti and Dealer! In Medlclo.. FOR STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS CAN HE PUT ON UV ANY PEIISO.V. THOUSANDS OF HOLLS SOLD ANNUALLY FOR BUILDINGS OF CYEKY DISSCIUKTION. SEND roil NEW OIBCULAB. CONTAINING PlllUE LIST AND KEFKnU.NCES. ACENTS WANTED. M. EHRET, JR. & CO. BOLE MAriUPACTUHEnS, 423 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. marlas3ms. CARPETS Having received his Spring stock of Carpctings, is now ready to show a large stock of At prices which cannot help hut please. Call and examine them at the old stand, BLOOMSBURG, PA. J. R. SMITH & CO. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., Dealkhs in PIANOS By the following well known makers; Cliickering, Ivuabc, Weber, Hallet & Davis. Can also furnish any of tho cheaper makes at manufacturers prices. Do not huy a piano he fore getting our prices. Catalogue and Price Lists On application. septa-sctf. AiVynur retailor forlhe JaniMMrmx' (J3Hhno. (ii ii i Ion 1 Bunci ihaUrj niimiiiiinl Jiihrliir L'oiimnrltTtu luakuu lamer piutlt. rliUUttie iirluhml tlhlioo. lfcwareof Imltatloiwwlilohne LiHiHlMiCulhelr uwu Inferiority by alteiiipllu to t.il it iit.u'1 tliti ii'piitatliiniif thoorlftlnal. Mine jli'iiuliiu uulcts bearing llil Htauip, eJASVaES MEANS' I Mada In Duttnn, Cotiftreet and iLaw. itmt Va(f Sila. Unei AccUaMu Durability, CurnfuttA M'lilioutwlll l.riuByuufn formutlun how tu Let ttii yfiS. Hhoe in auy fitato vt J, Means & Co 4IIJllc.li. S, Ikatoii,Uau, ounoN Our eleiirntcU factory produce a larger quantity of tin or t lit trade 1 uau any 01 Iter factory lu I ha worltl. TtmuMumU who wfr tbnn will tell vmjtlie rpaMuifrutink tliem. .1 ATI I S MKAVs' b J HI I (Hi ftirltoyuhutappiuucU-ti (a tiarability. Full Hues ot the above shoes for Bale by I. W. HARTMAN & SON, sole agenis for Bloomsburg, Pa. tebll-ist. PATENTS l btalned and all patent business attended to tor moueraiu it'fa. our onice la opposite t ne v. a. raieni umce, ana re can obtain Patents In less time than those re- mole from Washington. Mend model or drawlnir. We advise astonat- entaulllty free of charge, and we make no charge unless patent la secured. We refer here, to the Postmaster, the Bupt. of Money Order Dlv., and to oniclals ofthell.lt. patent onice. For circular, advice, terms and references to actual clients In your own Htateor county, write to C. A. SIVOW & CO., Opposite Patent omoe, Washington, D o i BLOOMSBURG, PA FRIDAY, APRIL 22, SELECT STORY. "00BD0NIT "It is abargiin.moiiaitur a btrgnint i Im tout Is a niiro tiollntif'i puisqu ily adit ooufoit ici," faid thu old ron fiorpc, as ho threw open one of tlio shutters and lloodid tlio room with dtixty aunshlue. Tho apartment wai au premlor, at tho lnck ot a Bmall court numbered o9 ol tho Huo Neuvo St Augustine, No. f9 I qivo it fearlesi'ly, unco oven its foundation slones havo long been IlaiiPBtiiatiizoil nwny. Tho court wns flooded with sunshino that was not dimly, and a great piano tree grow in ono conn r, clnso against m Ivy covert tl wall. Tho yellow I'laoard, '-A Louer," haneing at tho tloor had beta thu bail luring tne into hl H10IIS.C trap, a it certainly proved to be. But all that conns later on. For tlio preseiit it is enough to say that tho room wa eoinfoitably furnished after the old Venetian manner, and hung with Cordova leather, old, to", and red; beyond thero was a salon with a lloor so highly polishul that I narrow ly escaped a sprained ankle in crossirg ii, and a chamber, commonplace enough but for tho chintz hangings with which its walls and ctiling were draped oppressively, in wide plaits that met ovcrboad in a central rosettp, somehow suggesting the interior de coration of a coffin. In spito of this untimely thought and of the super fluous antechamber and sallc a maugcr useless incumbrance in bachelor quar ters, I took the apartment for a month, to tlio evident delight of old C.i'siiuir, whoso feather duster twitched express ively in his palsied hand. The tremtilom eagernsss of this good gentleman mado mo half suspect that ho had not the remotest right to let the rooms at all. Hut ho told a well varnished talo of an old proprietor who bated women and who passed his life in search of a country so civilized as to do without them. I rom this journey of desperation he returned now and then to restore his tired senses in tho coffined chamber and to gather cotir ago for a now. departure. It was mid summer; I might keep the rooms until the autumn not an hour longer; since the patron would then bo likely to pounce down upon his possessions un announced at any moment. Just now ho wai bcliuvcdito bo in Lapland. When I moved in that very after noon, a guilty feeliug of intrusion overcame me. The place was so luxur ious, bo well ordered, so unlike tho four walls of lodoint; for which ono pays. In the library of the leather hangings the patron's books were upon tho shelves; his portfolio, his paper knifo upon tho table ; the ink in tho minaturo helmet of bluo steel was dry it is true; but thero lay the well worn quill besido it. The room reveals the man, says Diderot; granting this, tho patron was a man ot taste and well in formed. I took down some of th books; hero wero superb bindings, old and rare editions. Upon one flv leaf his name was written Marius Morizot the hand clear and fine, like a wo man's. Cassimir had said tunt ho was old. Bibliophile and traveler, with tho means to fallow his fantastic bent, this patron would certainly be an agree ablo man to meet on bis own ground that is, if one camo properly intrn duced. All here was as if ho had left it yesterday. What if the door wero to open and admit him at tho next moment? Just then the door did open, but only Cassimir camo in, bringing fire wood; for the sun had already left the littlo court in shadow, and thero was an unseasonable chill in tho waning summer day. Tho old man wore a black skull cap over his thin, gray hair and a green baize apron that swathed him nearly to tho anklep. Ho chattered about tho fire 39 he built and lighted it, all the timo holding under his arm tho eternal feather duster, which seemed to bo his badge of oflico. I bad lately seen, at tho Comedio Franoaise, Hegnior's masterpiece, tho sly old servant in 'La joie fait peur," tho picture of amiable senility. Hero was tho thing itself. 'Tho patron has his treasures," I said, stroking tenderly tho crushed levant th.tt eushrined a numbered re print of Andro Cheuier. Cassimir looked at tho shelves with a certain respect and then shrugged his shoulders. "Yes, but not there," he answered. Thinking that he refeired to tho glittering objects of tho salon, I treat ed myself to a complacent srailo, as I quietly put up tho book. "Not there,1' ho repeated, shullling toward me in his looso sappers, and letting his voice die away into tho im portant whisper that is tho emphasis of a French man of all work. "Ah, il monsieur knew 1" "Know whatt" I asked. "Havo wo a gold mino at our feet f" lie chuckled and nodded. "Better than that, monsieur. See !'' Then ho pushed aside one of the hangings, and showed mo '.hat it cover ed a door of burnished steel. "A safet" ""Ves, monsieur, in tho wall." "And of such size!'' I continued, for tho doorway, though narrow, was higher than my head. "What can ho keep there t" "Jewels, monsiour," said Cassimir, enjoying my surprise. ".Towels from" tho end of tho earth, laid away in littlo drawers, lined with velvet as soft as the down of a bird. It is a passion with him; tho collection is a proporty in itself." I laid ray hand gently upon tho shining metal; it might, havo been tho door of a tomb. I drew back shiver ing. Tho thought of these untold riches, hardly out of reach, disturbed me; I folt in a measure responsible for their safety. "Tho door is locked, of course," said "Oh, yes, monsiour; only tho patron has tho key." Ho brushed tho door lightly with his feather tips, as though ho wero dealing with some fragile work of art, and then dropped tho curtain over it. "Cassimir! You havo your master's loavo to let those rooms; you are sure!" "Oh, certainly, monsieur ; monsieur ueed givo himself no uneasiness) it is permitted at this season. In tho cum mer timo M. Morizot always Absents himself. Ho lias been nearly two years away," l changed tho subject, though I doubted him instinctively. "What is Monsieur Morizot likol" I aked. "A lamb, monsieur; nmiamV, as ono cannot bo inoro so. Monsieur, then, has not remarked his portrait!" Tho pictures wero chiefly modern, nnd wei-H none too well lighted; I had barely glanced at them. Cassimir led mo to this one, which hung in a dark corner, so high that the flamo of a cttidln hold up at arms length but just rovealod it. Tho face was long, thin, shdrp featured nnd sallow, with the prevailing muHnche and imperial of lhe time. On the whole, I felt happier about Moi'sicur Moriz'it. Ho had tho gentle, high bred l-iok of that Van Dyck father in tho long gallery of the Louvre. "And yet ho hales women. Was ho never married!" "Nuver, monsimi; in youth ho had a dUatipointmt tit, they s iy, and now it would be somewhat latu for him to think again of lint. At his ago one no longer makes such plaes." His hand shook moro than ever, and tho meltid wax of tlio candle ran over, one dtop falling upon tho lloor. "Ho is good, the pitron," ho murmured, so tenderly that tho drop might havo been a tear from his own failing eyes. When the old retainer had loft mo I dismissed all sciuples and unpacked my trunk in the littln chamber, Binging to myself In the happiest of moods. I was in luck, evidently. Even should Monsieur Morizot turn up, I felt sure that ho would accept my explanation, supposing one to bo necessary. But ho would not f ome. I doubted Cassi mir no longer. I found in thu library an arm chair covered with stamped leather like that of the walls: tho arms supported by hard featured goddeses wood nymphs, perhaps redundant in tho matter of bu-a, tapering off like terminal figures into tho chair legs below. Wheeling this up to tho table, I sat down for a while to do nothing and devour ray hrain, as tho inhuman proverb puts it. In tho gathering twilight tho room was almost dark, but I saw it all, or nearly all, over tho mantel in a narrow, ob long mirror, there reflected by Cassi mir's cheerful bhize. Tho first firo of tho season invites contemplation, and my thoughts wandered as fitfully as tho mellow light that played about tho tarnished gilding of the leather. When I am alone 1 am apt to grow in consequent to a degree that would dis tress one who makes a labor of think ing. Hunger is a sharp reminder, and be foro long I realized that I was hungry. So I hastily pulled myself together, and shutting the door upon my golden walls, strolled up tho boulevard to tho Passago des Princes. I dined well at Peter's, opposite tho window of in numerable meeischaums, pud after din ner went out by the sido gate of the pasage' into tho rue Favart. Tho doors of tho Opera Comiquo stood in vitingly open, and I w.n tempted to cross lhe htreet and read tho bill of tho pity: "L'Ombre," of Flotow; Gounod's Gallia." In the first, Mine. Priola. Loioly Mine. Priola, long since for gotten ! Do you live on, to look into your glass am) sigh for those dear old tlays when all Pans adored you! Or havo you made, in truth, your final exit into Pero-la Chaise or Montpar nasse, to sleep out there a longer night than any other you havo known ! To ono cruelty of life all a man's exper ience can never reooncilo him : that a pretty woman may not hold her own forever. I went in, stayed the performance out and left tho theatre somewhat dashed in spirit)'; tho echo of Gounod's solemn music seemed to follow mo like a ghostly footfall under the flaring lights, by the painted kiosk windows. The Bky was overcast; a drop or two , ot rain jell. 1 no great doors ot 5U wore closed and locked, of course; at that hour I could have expected noth ing else. But Ca-imir slept soundly; it as long heiore l could raako him hear, though I pulled the bell till tho wnold place resounded. Tho rain camo nij in earnest, and I was at tho ao spairing point, when the door gave a welcome click and swung back an inch or two. I stumbled in through tho darkness, pissed tho lodge whore I could hear Casimir swearing to him self drowsily, without a thought of challenging me; and guided myself by tho hand rail ot thu staircase straight to my own door. I struck a match, fouud tho key and went in. Tho outer rooms wero black and un friondly; through then I saw a thread of light from tho library door, to which I groped my way. Tho light camo from :t stately moderateur lamp that stood upon tlio table, and I blessed Uasimir tor his forethought, lint for tho lamp, tho room, at tho first glance, Beemed to bo as I had left it. The carved chair was drawn up before tho fire, which sttll burned brightly. That 1 lound a tiro anil not a heap ol ashes might havo struck mo as a curious cir cumstance, hut I set this down to Casi mir a forethought, too; all tbo moro readilv that my clothes wero met and that 1 needed it to dry them, as I pro ceeded to do. Standing thus beforo tho chimnoy, with tho crackling fagots at my heels, I observed a book upon tho table. It lay close to tho arm of tho great chair so close, in fact, that ono Bitting thero could liatdly tail to see it oven at twilight. Yet it had escaped my .! .'I IIM I I m. uoucu until now. vriiut uook i hid moment my unspoken question was arswond I felt absolutely Buro that it had never before been in my hand?, lis vellum covers wero worn and worm oaten; its musty leaves were yellow with age. I rend tho title, "Tho Trial of Fiancois Uavaillao for tho Murder of King Henry IV 1010." 1 oould hardly havo rorgotten that book had 1 taken it down. Immediately a strango terror seized me; vague, unreasoning it was, like a chilli's iu tho dark. I diopped tho book, caught up a on mild and peered in thu chamber ; then searched tho othor rooms throughout. I Baw no one, hoard no sound. I was alone. Yet this knowledgo failed to rcassuro inc. I spoku and was startled at my owu voice. I tried lo sing, but tho walls gavo back a mocking echo that was iinendtirablo. And I returned to tho library with tho same childish dread of nothing ttill oppressing me, like tho remnmuranuo of a nightmare. I can recall distinctly my struggle to conquer this feeling, and I know that 1 must havo conquered it; for I sat down in tho arm chair, and began to 1887. read tho trial of Havalllao : "Tho prisoner is sworn ; and askod his name, ago, rank mid placo of abodo. Ho said that his namo was Francois Itavalllao, born and dwelling at Angoulerae, between 81 and 312 years of age." I oan rco those lines now, in all their quaintness of type, as ono makes a sun picttiro by a sudden closing of tho eyes. I remembered that I read on, till 1 came to a pago so stained as to bo indistinct, part of which had been torn away. Then I must havo fallen into a dozo a mere cat nap of a mom ent only. I woko with a start, unable, at first, torocognlzo tho surroundings. Tho lamp had run down, after tho provoking manner of Frenoh modera ted is. I know that it only needed winding, nfid leaning over tho table, I gave tho koy a turn or two, but I was too late; the lamp wcut out in a long, smoky trail. Yet the room was not quito dark. Tho firo burned on, flick ering at my feet, and making fantastic shadows in the glass. Iu tho glass. I looked at it and grew numb with horror. For I saw thero tho reflection of a man's face, so hideous in its expression that, even in a crowd, ono would have turned from it with loathing. I have never been able to describo it; in that uncertain light it had no color I could barely trace its outline. But I should Know that face if I saw it at the top of tho great pyramid or in the plains of Arizona anywhere, indeed, upon tho instant; and I Bhould slnidder at tho sight, as I do now at the thought, like a frightened animal. For a few seconds I was helpless. My muscles refused to act; I could not oven turn my head to look behind me. Thin, with all senses gono but one, I saw the face drawing nearer to ray chair and looking down at it. Tho lines grew moro distinct, a strange mark camo out upon the cheek, as if the skin thero had contracted. Then, with an effort that seemed like a trial of strength with some force unseen, I caught tho arm of the chair, and springing to my feet, wheeled about upon tho dark, silent spaces of the room, conscious only of a sudden draught of cold air that chilled mo to tho bone. Darkness, thero was nothing elso. Yet I turned again to tho gloss, finding only my own face, scarcely recogniz able. TIicd, for the first time, I was awaro that my left hand, cold and damp like a dead man's, still clasped the old book, marking ray place be tween its leaves. I would havo laid it down; but, instead of that I flung it from mo into the tiro with a shriek that set the room ringing. For tho stain upon its torn page had deepened and freshened, and was oozing out upon my fingers; they wete red with it Kneeling at tho hearth, I wiped away the drops with ray handkerchief, una ourneu :nat, too. Slill oa the hearth I crouched, and listened. If there wero only something to face and challenge! Not a sound. But again the curreut of cold air, as if from an open door or window. That, at least, was real. I found my candle, lighted it at the fire, and searched tlio room onco moro. To my great surprise, I discovered in the darkest corner a small door that I had nover seen ono of those blind doors so common in French apartments, cunningly contrived to fit a panel of the wall. It stood ajar, moreover, as though forced open by some mischiev ous gust of tho night wind, that had lost its way in tho house and then mado a frantic effort to get out again. Itejoiccd to account so easily for one disturbing element, at least, I pushed tho door aside, and saw merely a nar row, flagged corridor, leading to a ser vant's stairway communicating with tho floor below tbo ground floor for the house had no entresol. By tho dim light I held I could distin guish three steps leading down into awful blackness, liko an murderous oublictto of tho middle ages. I strain ed my eyes and listened. Thero was nothing more to bo seen, but ray ears caught a faint sound, startling at that hour, though by day I should havo laughod at it simply the noiso of run ning water, gently falling as if from a pipe, upon tho pavement below. I went on cautiously to the stair rail, leaned over it and looked down. No ono; but under tho stairs, in tho dark, the water went splashing on intermit tently, as though it fell first upon in visible hands washing them, perhaps. Tho thought suggested itself instantly. "Who is there!" I shouted, lowering tiio light toward the dark corner, but in vain. Tho water stopped. Thero was no other answer. "Who is there!" I repeated, in a voice that was not mino. I heard a shuffling step, and thero camo a blast of tho night air, strong enough to put out tho light, if I had not drawn back, shielding tho flamo with ray hand. A door below mo quietly oloscd, and all was still again. I rushed down tho stairs, and found tho door. It was securely bolted ; tho bolts wero rusted; 1 tried one, and could not stir it. Then, out iu tho court, a harsh cry rang baok along tho walls: "Cordou!" tho familiar call to the sleeping con cierge "Cordon!" tho Batno rough voice repeated. The heavy street door fell into placo with a dull, jarring sound. Mho presence, whatovor it was, had escapod scot free into tho world of Paris. Drip, drip, behind mo I heard tho water, falling now, drop by drop upon tho stones. Thero was nothing else to Bhow that I had not been dreaming. I gave ono searching look at tho dis mal littlo corner, and then tied from tho house forever. In less time than it takes to tell it I haa rushed through the rooms overhead and down again by'tho main Btaircaso ; out into tho court, and on through the falling rain, shouting to Casimir as I wont : ' Cor don cordon cordon!" I woko echoes thero that drovo mo half mad ; I beat upon tho door. At last tho cord was drawn, and I found myself in tho treet, where I recovered my sonsos ruflicicntly to put ua ray hat and coat, snatched up in ray flight, meohani. cally, from tho tablo in tho antoohara ber. I wont back to my hotel and passed a night to which that uneasy quo of Clar- enco was as notniug. in tho morning, very early, I hurried out again, laugh ing at my folly. Tho day was flno mid bright, as only Paris can be; und yet I trembled upon turning into tho court THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXI.NO 10 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. LI, NO 0 where, howovcr, I found nothing moro torriblo than Casimir, watering his flowers and talking to a gray cat that rubbed itself affVctionatcly against his shins. Tho old man started when ho saw me, and looked from mo to tho window, behind which ho supposed I had been sleeping. "Monsieur rises early," said ho. "Yes. 1 nm called away. You will bo kind enough to pack my trunk and send it after mo." "Monsiour gives up tbo rooms!" "Unavoidably. It docs not matter ; they anj paid for, all tho Bamo." Surpriso mado him speechless for a moment. Tho oat camo slowly toward me, purring. I stooped and stroked it between tho cars. "Ho is called Chambord, monsieur j ho lives upon raw meat, but ho is very kind and gontle. I regret that mon sieur goes away." "ihank you. (Jasimir, what strango man was in tho house last night!" "Monsieur, I do not understand. Thero was no ono." "You let no ono out, then !" "Oh, that of course. Tho house has many apartments, many lodgers. I do not count them in my sleep. "Nevertheless," I said, with some warmth, "thero was a stranger in my rooms last night. I saw him." "juonBicur was dreaming. It is im possible." "liut I can describo hira to you. And I tried to do so, making only a stammering failure of it. Cassimir shrugged his shoulders. Then I remembered tho curious mark upon the man's check, and put in that evidence, triumphantly. 1 ho dull eyes opened a little wider; but ho smiled and shook his head. Sapristi 1 Now I know that mon sieur was surely dreaming. That is the Brazilian, Cornclio, tho good pa tron's valet de chambro." "Wall, then, I tell you he has como back." "But, monsieur" "I swear it to yon." 'Impossible. Monsieur Morizot keeps him always at bis side. They aro both in Lapland." I argued with him to no purpose. IIo grew angry, and, in bis excitement, tipped over his watering pot upon Chambord, who turned tail and disap peared. I could convince hira of nothing but my own imbecility; and so left hira, rauttenug stranre oaths among his flowers. Ono rarely fails to recall a startling bit of his own experience, tho first timo its date comes around again. So it happened that this adventure was upper-most in my mind ono midsummer night ot the following year, on board the good Btearaer Baron 'Osy, bound from London to Antwerp. Wo had left tho whito tower just at noon, and had droppod leisurely down tho over burdened Thames, threading our cau tious way through larger and smaller craft, in and out among tow boats and barges, and awkward littlo luggers with red sails and spankers, past the big guns of Woolwich, and Greenwich hospital with its wbite hairtd veterans whoso reckoning leaves off where ours begins, by Tilbury fort and Gravcseud, where the great river, broadened to an estuary, stretches out its arms to meet tho Medway, and the two go wander ing off hero and tbore in a tanglo of green bills that know no winter, but aro always green. So wo had come out into yellower and wider water; tho sun had set in a bank of cool, gray clouds; the white cliffs and glimmering lights of Margate wero already low oa tho horizon, and tho long twilight ciept down upon us slowly, imperceptibly. I had seen out lew passengers, all ot the heaviest and most uninteresting modern Flemish pattern. But a chance remark of one of the stewatds led me to think that there wero others of con sequence holding themselves aloof in their cabins. Uno by one, those who wero about mo on tho after deck had gone below as the night breeze strengthened. I knew that the stars were coming out, that under tho palo green streak ot western sky tho .hn glish coast was fast receding. But my thoughts were bundieda of miles away. With them I was really stroll ing through tbo passage des Princes and back along tho boulevard, hum ming, as 1 walked, tho doctor s air in "L'Ombre:" Midi minuit Lo jour la nuit I Midi, o'est la vie, Minuit, la raort oui I And so on through all tbo details of that troubled night. I lived again in il. Moriznt's apartment; I saw his chair at tho fire, his book upon tho table; nay, even tho old letter-press danced beforo my oyes. "Iho prisoner is sworn and asked his name, age, rank and placo of abode. "IIo said that his namo was Francois Ravaillau, born and dwelling at Augou lome" Tho sound o! my voice brought mo back to tho deck ot tho liarou Osy I had spoken thu words aloud. I turned and saw that they must havo been overheard by a passenger who stood at tlio rail, not ten feet away. IIo woro a close tilting, pointod cap and a long, dark coat, buttoned tightly under his chin, and these garments had a suggestive richness iu them. A splendid jewel, too, shono upon his hand. But his eyes wero fixed on mo with a look in which fear and wonder mingled straugely; his face seomed white as death, and it was tho faco of the valet, Cornelio. I roalizod an unknown power in tho words which I had spoken; and with out moving uoin my place, 1 mushed tho broken scntonoa from tho trial of Ravalllao, then repeated it word for word from tlio beginning. With that. tho mark upon his cheek quivered con vulsively; ho gave a wild cry, liko somo iiruto urougnt to uay, and with ono ap pealing look, as if toward imaginary iiuisuuio uiusiii iu upuu nun, uu uuug nimsoii ovor tno ran into tho soa. I rushed to tho ship's side, as ono of tho hands, who had seen him jump, tore a iuo preserver irom tho guards, and threw il after him. Wo caught sight ot an arm toased up in tho foam ing wako tar behind. A wavo swept over it. ino engines wero stopped, and a boat wns lowered. After a lotig timo it camo back, bringing only tho wet oorks. Tho old gray sexton of tho sea works quickly and well. Wo found his name registered upon tho list Katnon Quiza, rentier, of Rio. IIo had no companion, and his trunks wero stored somowhero on the quay at Antwerp. When I left tho city thoy still remained llicro un claimed. Tbrco years later, in ono of tho con tincntal reading rooms, I took up tho Figaro to divert myself with its fails divers and cchos do Paris. Between iho last mot of Mine. X. nnd tho an nouncement of n feto at Asniorcs I ' found n lino of reference to n matter familiar enough, as it eccmcd, to all buj casual readers, viz, tho division among tho heirs at Inw of a handsomo proporty. that of ono M. Morizot. Tho namo and tlio mysterious Importancogiv on it rouso 1 my curiosity.and I wrote at onoo to n Parisian crony for fuller in formation. IMS was liis answer: "Havo y6u retired from tho world that you ceaso to read tho news of it T Wo nio worn out with details of tlio lifo nnd death of M. Morizot. Pardon me, then, if I recite them to you very briefly. Tho worthy man lived, on garcou, in ono ot thoso houses of tho ruu Neuvo St. Augustin already con. demned to mako way for tho now avenue, which will bo a marvel. Liko you, ho wn? a traveler, nnd ho often remained for years nn absentee, staying away, at least, longer than tho codo allows. Ho became to all intents nnd purposes a doad man, and his heirs do mauded to share his estate, and to break up his collection of jewels, known to bo of great valuo. Man pro poses 1 Tho snfe was opened; but it had been rifled, mon ami. They found thero instead tho owner's body,Btabbed through and through. The good soul had mado a hard light of it. His hand still clutched n bit of a wntch chain, identified as the property of a certain Brazilian ape of a servant who novor left him. Our haute polico is enor mously cunning. Bit by bit, tho case has been worked up, and this is what happened Tho two at rived lata ono night at tho northern railway station, where, to save time, at tho servant's suggestion, their trunks wero left to bo claimed in tho morning. Thus they installed inemseives at homo without stir aud unannounced. Then tho man got tho belter of his master, and be came in his turn an absentee. No ono over dreamed of the arrival or tho de parture, yet now it is all clear as though wo saw it in a glass tho very dato proved by tho fragmont of a jour nal found in tho pocket of what was onco M. Morizot. Heed tho warning and travel no-moro, but marry, and let mauamo watch over you. Get thco a wile, mon amour I Kt voild tout ! ' I answered my foreign correspondent in good American fashion, by asking a question. Upon what dale, I prayed him, was the crime committed ! His reply brought me a printed slip, fixing upon me very nignt ot ray adventure, but in tho year preceding it. And on tins point all known records of the nf fair obstinately agree. That Scnor Ramon Quizas and tho valet, Cornelio, wero ono and tho same l havo no manner of donbt : but that ho over could havo revisited tho scene of his double crime is inconceivable. Whoso face, then, appeared to rao in tho mirror ! Whose hands were washed in the running water ! Who, besides myself, clamored thero in tho dark for release from his own haunting fears ! Did I, by somo strango coincidence. dream these things, one after another, in quick succession ! Or did the"mur derer leave behind him in his flight a gnostiy presence, to play his hideous part out, time and limo again : whilo tho faithful glass of Vonice reflected lino tor line, moment for moment ! I cannot answer. But now when I walk in tho Avenue de l'Opera I am grateful oven for that dullest of improvement's dull marches, sweeping, as it does, nil momory but mino of my grim lodging irom tun lace ot tne earth. V. Ji. Sullivan in Scrilmer's Magazine. Cremation in Alaska. CUKIOUS CUSTOMS THAT I'OLI.OW DEATH -WHY THU llODIL'B I1UUN WEI.!. Having had information tho othor dav of a cremation to lako placo at tho In dian village, I went to tho beach to witness it. Iho detuuet siwash was knowu around Jaueau as Frank, and was formerly employed at Martin Bros. store in the capacity of Indian clork, and tho blockraan (it boing a doublo cremation of ono of each sex) had been called Jennie ; both, as it happened, having died of consumption.' Tho morning service consisted of tho an cient ceremony known as "potlatch." which is always customary among the Indians ot southeastern Alaska on tho occasion of a death of one of their number. The potlatcl. is a division of whatever temporal goods tho deceased may havo possessed, such as blankets, ilry goods, &a , among his or her re lations, according as tho merits ot the caso eaoh individual case may justify. in ino Bervioes ot tho mourning, which aro very long, and to the Indian mind vciy impressive, tho first in tho order of tho day is a eulogistio disclo sure by ono of tbo old men, which, bo ing delivered by him in sections, so to speak, is taken up and sung by tho rest in a monotonous sort of chant ; tho old man is then superseded by another venerable buck, who goes through tho same service, and he in turn by an other, until nil tho old men bavo bad their individual Bay. Tho chanters keep timo by thumping on tho floor with sticks and beating on n drum. This performance, being gono over for a day or two, tlio potlatch takes placo. Tho body of the deceased is first wrapped in n matting, woven from split roots, and in appenraneo resemb ling ooarso straw. They then convey tlio body to tho placo of cremation, which is always on tho benoh nt high water mark. ' On this occasion thoy had on hand for tho purpose of burn ing tho two bodies, about ono cord of wood, somo split and somo in small logs. First n platform of small logs is laid a foot from tho ground, and a spaco of four inches between each log. On this pyre, which was about Boven feet long by five foot wide, tho two bodies wero plaoed, about throo foot apart, and around them a miniaturo log hut was built to height of four feet; tho enclosed space is then carefully filled in with split wood nnd lino kind" ling, and now, everything being in roadiness, the fire is lighted from tho bottom. Tho uativo diet boing chiefly salmon, an oily substance, tbo bodies of tho IndiatiB seem to contain a con siderable amount of oil, a? thoy burn very rapidly. While thu corpses wero charring, the friends of tho deceased oontinuo to poko them with long stioks occasionally raking tho fragments of burnt flesh from tho firo and wrapping thoni in skins, blankets, &o. Return ing from tho cremation of tho two na tives, I heard singing in a native house, nnd droppod in to seo what wns goitig on. Thero was quite nn assemblage of natives squatted ar mud a small firo in tho centre of tho room, nnd nt ono end of tho houso the corpse of nn old wom an lay, oovored with sheet nnd blank, ets. All around tho room was strung up muslin, pieces of calico, aud a few blankets; also thrco umbrellas, etc, all of which will bo distributed among tho relatives and near frh nda. Then tho process described above will bo gono through.
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